Console command d:g:entities cannot find base path

[silverbackdan]

With the new directory structure for Symfony 3.4+ getBasePathForClass returns a runtime exception:
https://github.com/doctrine/DoctrineBundle/blob/master/Mapping/DisconnectedMetadataFactory.php#L151

It looks like the function attempts to find the namespace in the path. Because 'AppBundle' is not longer in the file path and it is just within the 'src' directory I get the error:
Can't find base path for "App\Entity\XXX"

[silverbackdan]

The possible solution I've got would require a PR on 2 bundles, although I'm not sure where to raise this.
Change 1:
https://github.com/doctrine/DoctrineBundle/blob/master/Mapping/DisconnectedMetadataFactory.php#L151

private function getBasePathForClass($name, $namespace, $path)
    {
        $namespace = str_replace('\\', '/', $namespace);
        $search = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
        if ($namespace === 'App/Entity') {
            $destination = str_replace('/Entity', '', $search, $c);
        } else {
            $destination = str_replace('/'.$namespace, '', $search, $c);
        }

        if ($c != 1) {
            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Can\'t find base path for "%s" (path: "%s", destination: "%s").', $name, $path, $destination));
        }

        return $destination;
    }

Change 2:
doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/EntityGenerator.php Line 361 writeEntityClass

public function writeEntityClass(ClassMetadataInfo $metadata, $outputDirectory)
    {
        $metaNamePath = substr($metadata->name, 0, 4) === 'App\\' ? substr($metadata->name, 4) : $metadata->name;
        $path = $outputDirectory . '/' . str_replace('\\', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $metaNamePath) . $this->extension;

Not sure if this is ideal though or if the bundle should perhaps alter the name in the metadata instead. Thoughts?

[gaelb80]

Your proposal only work when entities are in Entity folder and don't manage subfolder
You should update according this one

private function getBasePathForClass($name, $namespace, $path)
    {
        $namespace = str_replace('\\', '/', $namespace);
        $search = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
        $namepath = substr($namespace, 0, 4) != 'App/' ? : substr($namespace, 4);
        $destination = str_replace('/'.$namepath, '', $search, $c);

        if ($c != 1) {
            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Can\'t find base path for "%s" (path: "%s", destination: "%s").', $name, $path, $destination));
        }

        return $destination;
    }

See #729 for more informations

[silverbackdan]

Thanks for the link to the other issue, in fact that means I can close this as I hadn't seen it. The comments in there are very useful to know the direction that this bundle is taking.

[kporras07]

hi there,
I know this one is closed; however I'm still getting this issue with Symfony 4 recently launched.
Any idea? (I'm sorry for cross-posting in the other issue)

[chiqui3d]

It does not generate the setters and getters.

php bin/console doctrine:generate:entities App:Cars

error:

Can't find base path for "App\Entity\Cars" (path: "/www/crm/src/Entity", destination: "/www/crm/src/Entity").

[pierre-H]

Same error like @kporras07 and @chiqui3d

[Kuro-dake]

Same error as @pierre-H @kporras07 @chiqui3d

[featuriz]

Same error for me to , I'm using symfony 4.0.4.
The error is :

Generating entities for namespace "App"

In DisconnectedMetadataFactory.php line 158:

Can't find base path for "App\Entity\Contact" (path: "/home/sudhakar/Sudhak
arK/NB/2018/FZCMS/src/Entity", destination: "/home/sudhakar/SudhakarK/NB/20
18/FZCMS/src/Entity").

[stefanides]

Hi,
while facing the same issue as above (and while reading #729 "the feature is gone"), I was just trying to get it working - and got the entities with getters&setters successfully! This is a great feature I have used several times and it should not be removed :-(

symfony/framework-bundle                 v4.0.4 
doctrine/orm                             v2.6.0 

Maybe the steps below are not 100% accurate as I have tried a lot of different attempts..

• read mapping as XML php ./bin/console doctrine:mapping:convert xml --from-database src/Entity/
• create "virtual" bundle - src/AppBundle/AppBundle.php:

<?php
namespace App\AppBundle;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle\Bundle;
class AppBundle extends Bundle {
}

• copy XML mappings into src/AppBundle/Resources/config/doctrine (where they are expected from symfony 3.x)
• and update entity name in XML to full path <entity name="App\AppBundle\Entity\XXX"
• then run php ./bin/console doctrine:generate:entities "App\AppBundle\Entity" --path=src

And voila - in little strange path src/App/AppBundle/Entity there is the expected result :-)
(note that you cannot call it twice, then autoloader reports error in namespaces - just remove src/App and try again). Probably there might be also other ways/paths how to do the same..
Enjoy :-)

[atakansavas]

i am getting this error too @Kuro-dake @pierre-H @kporras07 @chiqui3d

[artandor]

I'm still having this error aswell, with the exact same message, pleae reopen the issue.

[alcaeus]

pleae reopen the issue

Please look at #729.

[silverbackdan]

I don't think that's a good idea. Read the conversation and you'll see it is not going to be a feature anymore or Doctrine. If you're going to pester the collaborators about it then you can open a new PR, I'm not willing to do this. I'd expect new PRs to be closed quickly referencing #729 conversation anyway.

[silverbackdan]

@Ocramius - I'd appreciate if this conversation was locked as well to prevent conversations spilling over to here. Some will find it hard to say goodbye to this feature it seems.